October 27th, 2020 at 1:36 PM ^
Do Joe's pits itch?
October 27th, 2020 at 2:43 PM ^
Yeah. You're right. I'm gonna self-neg.
October 27th, 2020 at 5:46 PM ^
Suddenly the board is full of PGA golfers, lol
October 27th, 2020 at 1:49 PM ^
Sept. Heisman goes to Milton
October 27th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
No it doesn't, Joe's first game was in October.
October 27th, 2020 at 1:52 PM ^
I've never watched these guys before, but I think that's a really good and fair analysis. I'm also wondering just how bad Minnesota might be, especially defensively.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:01 PM ^
I think Minnesota's offense remains very good this year, a step below elite but roughly in line with last season.
I suspect, sadly, that their defense is a tire fire. That's not to say that our promise isn't real, but there was some baaad stuff in there. That first Charbonnet TD, for example--there's a reason that he ran for 70 yards untouched, and that reason was the MLB just hanging out behind his DL instead of playing the gap. Completely out of position.
I have high hopes for our offense, but at no time did Minnesota ever seriously threaten it with competent defense.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:28 PM ^
100% this take. I, in fact, expect Milton to struggle. I mean can this short flare passes work against good defenses? sure but he will have to show some deep ball to keep offense this explosive. I hope he can connect on that long pass. He has the tools. Keep improving!
October 27th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
I agree they have some good takes.
I'd be surprised if Minnesota doesn't finish around or dead last in the B1G in total defense.
October 27th, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
lol
So take the explosive plays out and this was an ok Michigan offense is what they are saying?
The team with the most points, probably, should, I think, win the football game.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:49 PM ^
I do think we need a larger sample size to really see how good the running game is, but yes, eliminating big runs from the stats is obviously going to drive down the rushing YPA and is a stupid point to make
October 28th, 2020 at 9:07 AM ^
Looking up the stats Charbonet had 4 rushes for 70 yards with a long of 70. I assume that means his other three runs averaged nothing. There were so many players playing it was hard for me to follow any one player. Is that a concern or just luck of the draw?
October 27th, 2020 at 6:04 PM ^
I won't pretend that I wasn't very glad to see that TD. It was timely and awesome to see someone that big outrun the other team through a gaping hole wearing our colors.
The issue is "how predictive is that 70-yd TD for the rest of the season"? The answer is almost certainly "not very". The fact that the OL opened a huge hole is likely predictive (even against a bad DL given that we've got a former walk-on center and are replacing NFL draft picks everywhere). The fact that Charbonnet is fast is likely predictive. The fact that the MLB was MIA is predictive for Minnesota, but not for us. The fact that it was 70 yards isn't predictive - if we'd been on the one, he'd have gotten 99, and if we'd been on their 30 he'd only have gotten 30. This is part why Football Outsiders reduces the value of long-gaining, rare plays, and why people try to distinguish between line yards (the first 5 or so; due mostly to the OL and DL involved) and highlight yards (the rest; dependent on the ballcarrier and the defensive back "7").
Put another way, if the MLB hits Charbonnet at 5 yards and slows him down, so the rest of the team converges 10 yards later and he drags them for 5 more, that's just as predictive for us as what actually happened.
Removing those long gains is an attempt to address that issue.
October 28th, 2020 at 10:20 PM ^
So when OSU is bombing people that's not predictive ?
Team could be explosive and have play makers take it to the house. Something this michigan team finally has , so we can't jsut take it out.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:18 PM ^
I like these guys, but they overrate PSU, then hate on Clifford and then wonder if UM has caught them.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:21 PM ^
Posting links 101.... there should be a tutorial
October 27th, 2020 at 3:26 PM ^
Couldn't embed from the phone, so I went to the laptop and posted the code as a reply since I couldn't edit the OP.
Sue me.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:15 PM ^
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doodoo heads that don't think michigan's run game is as good as it looked.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:35 PM ^
Good to hear we got the mGoBlog shoutout saying that they read the comments.
@CFNerds: Keep doing what you're doing. I like the in-depth analysis you do. Don't listen to all the posters here who discount what you do just because you're from south of Toledo.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:18 PM ^
I have always enjoyed the perspective of these guys. Objective sports takes are hard to come by and they do it about as well as it can be done.
October 27th, 2020 at 2:37 PM ^
"Shea Patterson never saw a football that he didn't want to fumble." XD
October 27th, 2020 at 2:52 PM ^
I would have made this "Shea Patterson never saw a football that he didn't want throw a step late and two yards short."
But that's just me.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:05 PM ^
I mean come on, who wouldn't?
October 27th, 2020 at 3:23 PM ^
I’m here for the progression he makes game to game. Both Joe and Cade throw a nice tight spiral, I think this is our best QB room to date under Harbaugh.
October 27th, 2020 at 3:31 PM ^
Reading some of these comments I would say, don't reflect the proper regard for PJ Fleck. I say his team will improve. He needs special teams to take a huge jump, but his OL and DL will end up good enough.
What happened Saturday was the results of Michigan being hyped to play and due to achieve in Gattis offense. If it impressed Myer then I buy in to Michigan.
I have been saying this off season that Harbaugh was due to put out a top notch QB. My eyes didn't lie to me. IMO
October 27th, 2020 at 3:45 PM ^
Something or someone lit the spark for Michigan's physical performance last Saturday night. It appeared to be Mason by the looks of the first series block of Mini's backer that pushed the kid off of the field. I noticed Coach HB wasn't in any spirit to talk Mason down. He did the opposite. Mason played like an animal. The entire game saw, how many? 6 or 7 pancakes by different players.
If we see that continue next Saturday at noon, its gonna be a fun season.
October 27th, 2020 at 4:45 PM ^
I think they make good points about the running game. Need a bigger sample size to truly know how good our running game is. However, completely disregarding those huge runs is also not fair
October 27th, 2020 at 5:13 PM ^
Good content
The one thing I think they didn't discuss enough was how Patterson affected the run game last year. They talk about the run game not being good last year and that Patterson wasn't great but don't discuss how Patterson affected the run game. If Milton is willing to keep consistently more than Shea that alone should dramatically change the run game.
October 27th, 2020 at 6:01 PM ^
Yes! And Joe is a big strapping lad. With the OL playing well, and Mason at FB, and a deep stable of RB's, plus Milton's size and strength, will this be Michigan's best short yardage team ever?
I see lots and lots of 1st downs in our immediate future
October 27th, 2020 at 8:55 PM ^
I was thinking this and am glad i read the comments first. Patterson made the entire offense cough and sputter. His unwillingness to hold onto the ball on obvious runs gutted the ability of the offense to get anything out of most of its plays. You play an offense where the QB has to run and the QB won't and it's an issue... I would imagine that with a bunch of first year starters all over the field for Michigan and we see some improvement, not regression like we did with Patterson "leading" the offense.
October 27th, 2020 at 8:52 PM ^
I've never heard of these guys. They seem to feel Mgoblog blames them for Michigan losing to OSU two years ago?
October 27th, 2020 at 9:33 PM ^
Two years ago, their "model" was used to predict several Michigan games throughout the season. It ended up giving many of us a pretty false confidence because the math can't be wrong, right? So, many posters here were licking their chops in anticipation of demolishing the Buckeyes in Columbus. It, uh, didn't work out quite the way the fancy stats said it would.